ESA flags retro console maker Anbernic for inclusion on US government's Notorious Market List

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has recommended that retro console maker Anbernic be added to the US government's Notorious Market List. Anbernic, based in China, manufactures handheld devices that emulate retro gaming systems from platform holders including Nintendo, PlayStation, and Sega. Last year, Anbernic suspended shipments to the US following the implementation of tariffs . According to the filing (via VGC ), the ESA claims that Anbernic "normalises hardware-based piracy by delivering illicit catalogues through a polished consumer product … By marketing the devices through ordinary retail channels, the operation also shifts monitoring, investigation, notice, and remediation costs to publishers…